Newsroom: National News Archive 2004

August 1-7 

State venture capital groups are tops
Maryland Gazette Newspapers - Gaithersburg,MD
Two of Maryland's venture capital funding groups ranked first and second in Entrepreneur Magazine's fourth annual list of the nation's 171 top venture capital... <MORE>

The Challenges of Black Entrepreneurship
NPR (audio) - USA
... OK. I'm talking about entrepreneurship here. ... So how does entrepreneurship help fix the problem, and better yet, how do you get in on it?  <MORE>

Ten commandments for building a business with your spouse
USA Today - Reprinted courtesy of EntreWorld.org
Joe wanted to secure equipment leases... for hundreds of thousands of dollars... The way we made that decision goes to the core of how we operate as husband and wife who are also business partners... <MORE>

UM prof Baum wins award for entrepreneurship research
Baltimore Business Journal - Baltimore,MD
J. Robert Baum, an assistant professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, has won an award for a research... <MORE>

College students increasingly become on-campus entrepreneurs
The Times-News - Twin Falls,ID
... But they are still eager as ever to take a stab at entrepreneurship -- if not for the potential riches made by billionaires like Michael Dell or Bill Gates... <MORE>

These kids know how to turn a profit 
Galax Gazette - Galax, VA
Mini Society tries to impart as many real world business experiences to children as possible. They go through the steps of learning about partnerships and companies, raising capital, offering products... <MORE>

Michigan Venture Capital Investments In 2Q Drop Sharply
Michigan Technology News - Novi,MI
BLOOMFIELD HILLS – After nearly tripling in the first quarter of 2004, Michigan Venture Capital investment in the second quarter plummeted by nearly a factor... <MORE>

New program to help minority entrepreneurs
Bizjournals.com - USA
... Experts in entrepreneurship from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation also will provide assistance, and the Business Roundtable will team minority-owned... <MORE>

August 8-14

The Case for Affinity Lending
BusinessWeek - USA
You're an entrepreneur, but you're not in the business of making mundane products or offering run-of-the-mill services. Instead, your business features a creative twist. It's an... <MORE>

Region's Venture Capital Investments Fall in 2Q
Washington Post -
Money from venture capitalists in the Washington region dropped 25 percent in the second quarter despite a steady number of investments in high-risk companies... <MORE>

SBA & MBDA Honor Minority-Owned Small Businesses...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
Ten minority-owned businesses... will receive the U.S. Small Business Administration's...  award and Kwame Jackson, first runner up in the "Apprentice" reality show, will receive an entrepreneurship award... <MORE>

Choosing The Right Structure For Your Business
Wilson County News - Floresville,TX
... when they choose a structure for the new business. ... More than 10,500 volunteer business counselors serve their ... education dedicated to the formation, growth and... <MORE>

Venture Capital: Nanotech may take years to hit it big
Nanotechwire.com (press release) - Philadelphia, PA
... The industry received a setback this week when Nanosys Inc. -- a highly touted nanotechnology startup backed by Seattle's Arch Venture Partners, Polaris... <MORE>

Illinois takes liking to venture capital
Chicago Tribune (subscription) - Chicago, IL
... By far the biggest is a proposed $200 million state-sponsored fund to invest in venture capital firms doing business in Illinois... <MORE>

Venture capital: "Good ideas are good ideas"
Seattle Times - Seattle, WA
... In the past 40 years, more than 90 percent of venture capital has gone to white males, according to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a Kansas City, Mo... <MORE>

Treat the best customers even better than the rest
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee, FL
Clearly, all businesses have many customers. However, all customers are not the same... I like to think that there are three classes of customers... <MORE>

Venture-Capital jobs study ranks Tenn. 6th in US
MSNBC - USA
... for the National Venture Capital Association found that Tennessee venture-backed companies created 543,018 jobs nationally in 2003... <MORE>

August 15-21

Google IPO's Effect on the Venture Capital Industry
PNN - Richmond,VA
"Will the Google IPO have any impact on the Venture Capital market?" FundingPost surveyed 32 Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors for their opinions... <MORE>

The Solution to Venture Capital’s Most Frustrating "Catch 22" 
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA
They need financing in order to be able to commence sales, yet venture capital firms only invest in companies which already have "traction" (ie, sales)... <MORE>

MWCC receives $25,000 grant to develop an entrepreneurial resource center
Ayer Public Spirit - Ayer,MA
... College announced today it has been awarded a $25,000 grant from The Coleman Foundation and US Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship to develop... <MORE>

Newsweek gives Penn State top grades in entrepreneurship
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO
... Schools.". The rating didn't surprise David Shelton, who is majoring in aerospace engineering and minoring in entrepreneurship. He... <MORE>

From early age, leasing firm owner learns entrepreneurship
Inside Tucson Business - Tucson,AZ
... Owner of equipment leasing company Lease Smart, Greene said his first taste of entrepreneurship was with selling “Bonanza” coupon books to raise money for... <MORE>

The Wonder Years
Entrepreneur - USA
... business are endless, according to Doug Miller, director of Children and Youth Entrepreneurship Education at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a nonprofit... <MORE>

TiECon 2004 Brings Several Global Venture Capitalists to Austin
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... Venture Capitalists are finding some serious Silicon valley- style entrepreneurship attitudes budding in India for the first time," says Venu Shamapant of... <MORE>

Former Mall Worker, Now Millionaire Maker, Receives National Black Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
..."This man demonstrates pure leadership and entrepreneurship at its best by adding to the ever-growing African American middle class... <MORE>

OHSU says new program a springboard to tech transfer success
MSNBC - USA
This year's hatch of seven Oregon Health & Science University spinoffs is the first to benefit from the institution's new Springboard Project, which helps... <MORE>

Consider your expansion options when growth slows
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL
...Because you cannot control the population growth, you must expand your operations out of this area to remain viable. There are many successful firms that understand this concept... <MORE>

NYC Certified Minority, Women-Owned Businesses Could Benefit From $30 Billion Partnerships
Hardbeatnews.com - Jackson Heughts,NY
... week announced the creation of the New York City Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE)... Mayor Bloomberg also announced the formation of the... <MORE>

August 22-28

TCU Entrepreneurship program rated among nation's top 20
Dallas Business Journal - Dallas,TX
US News & World Report magazine said Thursday that The Neeley Entrepreneurship Program at Fort Worth's Texas Christian University ranks among the Top 20... <MORE>

Venture Capital's Transparency Trouble
Washington Post - Washington,DC
Among the tables, charts and bottom-line numbers in venture capital firm Grotech Capital Group's quarterly report to its investors is what Managing General... <MORE>

Center for Entrepreneurship springboard for success
Daily Nebraskan - Lincoln,NE
... All of these young, small business owners, along with many others, have one thing in common: UNL’s Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship... <MORE>

Conference to focus on nurturing entrepreneurs
The State - Columbia,SC
... finding and encouraging those entrepreneurs. FastTrac is a comprehensive entrepreneurial education program of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City... <MORE>

State discloses venture results
Boston Globe - Boston,MA
Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill yesterday released results for the 103 venture capital funds the state pension plan invested in from 1986 through 1998, which... <MORE>

Entrepreneurship Blooms in Cambridge Women
Southwest Nebraska News - NE,USA
In the past few years, the deeply rooted and creative women of Cambridge are “pioneering”—stretching their imaginations and work ethic to undertake new... <MORE>

The ABCs of Borrowing for Growth
MSNBC - USA
Debt financing is generally considered to be an inexpensive source of capital for business... Unfortunately, very little debt financing is available to early-stage entrepreneurs, because... <MORE>

Ball State entrepreneurship program moves up
Muncie Star Press - Muncie,IN
By GAIL KOCH. MUNCIE - If Ball State University's entrepreneurship program continues on its path of success, it won't be too much longer before it's ranked No. 1... <MORE>

Blacks urged to build savings
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH
... companies. According to a recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, black-owned companies are forming at faster rates. But... <MORE>

Deal with a problem employee now
Tallahassee.com - Tallahassee,FL
I was dealing with an entrepreneur who had an employee who was causing a lot of turmoil in his business... However, this employee was valuable and the entrepreneur hesitated to let him go... <MORE>

US News Again Names Babson College #1 Undergraduate Program in Entrepreneurship
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
For the eighth consecutive time, US News & World Report has named Babson the #1 undergraduate program in the US for Entrepreneurship.... <MORE>

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